Krono @ Krono @lemmy.today

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Yes not everything is down to ecominics, the bombs and bullets are probably a more significant factor. Being unable to feed your family is bad, burying your family is worse.

And yes, the middle class Afghanis can't put up a fight for many reasons, one of which is that they largely stopped existing. The moment they are locked out of their personal and business savings, they become poor desperate Afghanis.

Can you explain your disagreement or argument? I dont understand what you are getting at, and "elaborate on pre-2001 afghanistan" is a very broad topic.

And you can point to decades of Israeli provocations, attacks, and invasions.

The rocket attacks were justified by pointing to the Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon in 1978.

If Israel can't take a few rocket attacks, then they shouldnt have lit the invasion fuse.

But to be clear, I dont believe any of this is a valid justification. The logic of both sides is the logic of terrorist sympathizers justifying their war crimes.

Please stop sympathizing for Israeli terror.

Or maybe the two decades-long invasions did extreme damage and brought insane brutality to a poor population?

When America was in control, we set up a strong central bank system to help stabilize the country. Afghans filled the bank with their savings, these funds were outside of the control of the Taliban. The middle class, the opposition to the Taliban, were growing. Then as the US left, we looted every penny. Overnight thousands were bankrupted, leading to economic depression and a huge gain for the Taliban.

Civilization actively rejects Afghanistan.

Aww you're no fun

Who said Hezbollah's rocket launches into Israel wasnt terrorism?

I'm not from hexbear. You seem confused.

Every terrorist sympathizer tries to use the other side's crimes in an attempt to justify their own brutal, inhumane actions. You are no exception.

All resistance forces are labeled as terrorists, you should know this by now.

You're no different than the Ruzzian useful idiot, who believes that Ukrainian forces are terrorists, and posts laughing memes as Ukrainian schoolchildren die.

Some people are on the side of Ukraine because of our shared humanity and yearning for justice. Others, like you, are disgusting war spectators.

This is a disgusting celebration of a terrorist attack.

I'm sure you people will have a different perspective when a Ukrainian kid has her face blown off by an exploding russian cell phone.

Not recognizing the victim's humanity here is a sickness.

Charging your phone is murder because coal-fired power plants kill 43,000 people per year (in the US alone).

This is a wild new form of terrorist attack.

I can't think of any other time consumer goods were sabotaged in a mass fatality attack like this.

Now I'm just a tiny bit afraid my phone is about to explode in my face.

I think a lot of this comes down to the semantics of "intention".

I intended to write line 152 exactly as written. I intended to write code that compiles. But that pesky compiler imposes reality on me when it says "bug on line 152". Did I intend to write the bug?

Similarly, a politician may make a public promise on the campaign trail. They may truly intend to fulfill that promise, but political reality stops them when they are elected. There are hundreds of possible reasons for failure: poor planning and naivety, lack of political capital, or even accepting a lobbyist's bribe. Which of these cases should be considered lies?

Politicians work product is not information, it is legislation.

"Politician that never lies" is like "Developer that never writes bugs". I want to live in that world too, but it is a fantasy world.

It is absolutely disgusting how you talk about an ongoing genocide.

Misinformation Bot says that WaPo is left-center lmao. Absolutely ridiculous.

Yea it is ironic that the decendants of Holocaust survivors would go on to commit a genocide of their own

He died for his own cause, I am only trying to amplify and honor his message.

I will take advantage of his death to spread understanding, empathy, and a hopeful end to the genocide.

He tried to die for a purpose, why are you so intent on stripping his death of that purpose? You are the one who dishonors the dead.

The war against nazism wasnt just fought on the battlefield, it was also fought on the cultural front.

edit: and even more importantly, the economic front as well.

I think Matt Nelson is a hero. His death was not one of fear and loneliness. It was the ultimate act of empathy, compassion, and humanity.

I'm going to celebrate his heroic deed, and I encourage everyone to do the same.

Israel is an ultranationalist power which has lost its democracy and is now waging an offensive war for the purposes of territorial gain and ethnic cleansing.

In a word, they are Nazis.

Ask yourself: how did we eradicate the Nazi scourge? Then do that.